Industry Research

Capcom

Capcom are a Japanese developer and publisher of video games, they are most known for the best selling franchises Resident Evil and Street Fighter. The company was established in 1983. The company has subsidiary branches in North America, Europe and East Asia. Capcom is one of the biggest, most well known companies that produce games. Their first games were coin operated arcade games, but in 1985 decided to start to produce video games for consoles, and this is where the company took off and became what it is today.


Red Barrels

Red Barrels are an independent developer who developed the hit video game Outlast. The company was associated with the production of Assassins Creed, Splinter Cell and Uncharted. The team decided to become an independent producer after leaving the production team for Ubisoft, one of the biggest producers in the business. Red Barrels are regarded as one of the most promising up and coming developers of horror games.